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A growing movement to take pension money out of hedge funds is part of a larger effort to wrest control of the economy away from the financiers who’ve created a system that works only for the super-rich.

As the Mexican school year is starting, teachers in four states have refused to return to classes until a negotiated agreement changes the government’s program – and perpetrators of a massacre are held responsible.

The victory of Seattle's socialist city council member Kshama Sawant shows how grassroots efforts are creating an opening for independent political action by working people — even in the tightly controlled world of electoral politics and the two-party system.

Seven weeks into the 113th Congress, as lawmakers began work on immigration reform and a tax code overhaul, powerful corporate lobbyists in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute scored premium access to politicians.

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One year ago, 17 people locked themselves on to a deportation charter flight at London Stansted Airport, grounding a plan that would have sent 59 people back to face reprisal – and possibly death – in Ghana and Nigeria. Now, those activists could face life imprisonment.

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The strike in West Virginia may be over but the fight continues. Teacher Brittney Barlett joins us to talk backstory, aftermath and the road ahead. Also, the geeks are watching you—and here's a solution to student debt.

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In Seattle on Saturday, ACT for America, designated an "anti-Muslim hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center, held a rally at Seattle City Hall while similar anti-Muslim protests occurred in dozens of cities nationwide.